He Qatar World Cup 2022 has everyone on edge and despite the fact that Peru did not qualify, the players are waiting for the matches. One of them is Jefferson Farfán, who uploaded several stories of Instagram looking at the Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia. The 'Seal' sparked controversy after the second goal by the Asians, as he first uploaded a video saying: "Great goal! A little humility, don't look down on the other teams," and at the end of the match, he shared the post on the official website FIFA World Cup, which announced the Arab triumph, and added the phrase “This is called humility.”
Let us remember that the forward of Lima Alliance He was one of the protagonists of the last match in which the Peruvian national team faced the Argentine national team On October 14, 2021, at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires in the qualifying rounds. On that occasion, Lionel Scaloni's team won 1-0 with a goal from Lautaro Martínez.
That meeting was full of controversy, it all started when the goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez knocked down Farfan in the area, committing a penalty. However, Yoshimar Yotún He missed his shot, sending the ball into the crossbar, which generated mockery from the opposing defenders. Cristian Romero and Nicolás Otamendi, who went to celebrate in his face.
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The disputes didn't end there, as minutes later, "La Foca" and "El Cuti" got into a tense argument after fighting over a divided ball. All of these actions generated a certain amount of tension between the two teams. Despite the fact that a year has passed since these incidents, Farfán hasn't forgotten them, which would explain his reaction to Argentina's defeat.
This is not the first time that Farfan causes controversy through his account Instagram, let us remember that after the title of Lima Alliance, began to respond ironically to fans of University who criticized him for his lack of participation in the championship, mocking the 10 years that the Creams have gone without adding stars:
“Look, just to make it clear and not forget, I spent 17 years in Europe, and in two years I've won the same number of titles you've won in 20 years. Slow down, it's not worth it,” he responded to one user.
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With the defeat of Saudi Arabia, Argentina lost an unbeaten run of 36 matches. This was a very hard blow for the team Lionel Scaloni who had grown accustomed to only achieving success. For this reason, his captain Lionel Messi He came out to show his face and make a self-criticism of the defeat:
“We scored the goal very quickly, then created many clear chances, but in the second half, within five minutes, due to our mistakes, they took the lead. After that, everything became uphill; we couldn't find our rhythm and started desperately looking for crosses and equalizers. We knew they were a team with good players, with fast players, and they defended like that. We were in a hurry, never quite feeling comfortable, and we knew they knew how to set up the offside trap line,” he declared.
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